THE UNITED STATES.. BUT ODDS ARE, NOT MANY OF THEM GOT AWAY WITH WHAT A NORTHSHORE WOMAN STOLE. WDSU NEWS REPORTER BLAKE HANSON SHOWS US WHAT SHE LIFTED.. AND HOW THE STORE GOT THE ITEM BACK. IT IS EVERY PET STORE OWNER'S GOAL TO FIND THEIR PETS A HOME. yup, this is our guy BUT ADVENTURE PETS CO-OWNER STEPHEN CREECH HAS SPENT THE LAST FEW WEEKS TRYING TO GET ONE BACK... it's uh...it's pretty rare ON DECEMBER THIRTEENTH A WOMAN WALKED INTO THE STORE AND PICKED UP A FERRET. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THEN SHOWED THE WOMAN PUTTING THE FERRET IN HER PURSE...AND WALKING OUT. it looked pretty clear didn't it? She was right there in front of the camera, it was like she knew it was there and was putting it in her purse CREECH CONTACTED THE ST. TAMMANY PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE AND ALSO POSTED THE VIDEO ON FACEBOOK. A FEW DAYS AFTER DOING SO...SOMEONE RECOGNIZED THE WOMAN. creech says there are eight of these cameras in the store but the real reason they caught the thief was because of social media i bet this video was seen in probably 42 different states, I mean, it's amazing THE ST. TAMMANY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS WITH THE IDENTIFICATION...T HEY CONTACTED 47-YEAR OLD MONETTE EFFEL. ON THURSDAY MORNING... EFFEL BROUGHT THE FERRET BACK. I expected someone to tell me who she was... I didn't expect her to bring it back CREECH SAYS EFFEL GAVE A REASON FOR THE THEFT ...SAYING HER FORMER FERRET HAD DIED AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A NEW ONE. HE SAYS SHE EVEN OFFERED TO BUY THE FERRET SHE STOLE. BUT CREECH SAID NO. the ferret was obviously really well cared for and we're just happy to have it back NOW HOPING TO FIND THE FERRET A HOME...THE RIGHT WAY. IN ST. TAMMANY PARISH, BLAKE HANSON, WDSU NEWS. EFFEL IS CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR THEFT. MENATIME, CREECH SAYS HE'LL LIKELY ADD MORE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. TURNING NOW TO YOUR EXTENDED